#pay

[I]t is not by being richer or more powerful that a man becomes better; one is a matter of fortune, the other of virtue. Nor should she deem herself other than venal who weds a rich man rather than a poor, and desires more things in her husband than himself. Assuredly, whomsoever this concupiscence leads into marriage deserves payment rather than affection. ↗

— Héloïse d'Argenteuil

#concupiscence #dignity #fortune #greed #honesty

To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: "Leave no stone unturned. ↗

— Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

#inspirational-quotes #payday-loans #inspirational

This was the first time I thought of S— that day. Her music was beautiful, her voice was beautiful, her body was beautiful. Even the dirty little pads of her feet were beautiful. I cursed myself then. For once, heaven had sent me Beauty in its most perfected form and I abandoned it. She might not have been a girl after all but an angel: a force to guide me on this hazardous path of life I hurry down. How can life be hazardous if it can only end in death? ↗

— Roman Payne

#barcelona #beauty #beauty-is-truth #feminity #girls

You've got to clock the hours and pay your dues. Then eventually, people will come to you. You have to be patient and appreciative. ↗

— Elisabeth Rohm

#be patient #clock #come #dues #eventually

Success necessitates sacrifice. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#hard-work-pays-off #inspirational #motivational #sacrifice #success

A love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed, it also must come about by a decision to listen carefully, to pay close attention, a decision inevitably motivated by the cultural and social prestige of the art. ↗

— Charles Rosen

#also #art #attention #carefully #classical

A purposeful act or extension of kindness to another is never wasted, for it always resides in the hearts of all involved in a chain of love. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#extending-your-heart #happiness #inspiration #inspirational-quotes #kindness

Listen to the trees as they sway in the wind. Their leaves are telling secrets. Their bark sings songs of olden days as it grows around the trunks. And their roots give names to all things. Their language has been lost. But not the gestures. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#bark #gestures #hear #hearing #listen

A minority group has "arrived" only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it. ↗

— Carl T. Rowan

#entire #fools #group #minority #minority group

Perhaps we can recognize our way out of patterns rather than repeating our way out of them. ↗

— Patti Digh

#change #patterns #pay-attention #change